New Haven, CT crime rate
In 2025 the New Haven Police Department reported 399.4 violent crimes and 3,116.3 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Connecticut and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Arson, 2025: possibly incomplete. 21 reported; 4 of 12 months zero (Jan, Jun, Oct, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2021: 27 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Arson, 2024: possibly incomplete. 14 reported; 6 of 12 months zero (Jan, Feb, Jul, Oct, Nov, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2021: 27 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Arson, 2023: possibly incomplete. 21 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Feb, Jul, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2021: 27 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Arson, 2022: possibly incomplete. 22 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Feb, Jun, Aug) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2021: 27 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does New Haven compare with Connecticut and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows New Haven only.
What offenses were reported in New Haven, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Connecticut | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 558 | 399.4 | 109.6 | 327.6 | down 25.5% | down 36.8% |
| Murder | 16 | 11.5 | 1.9 | 4.1 | up 12.7% | down 42.2% |
| Rape | 32 | 22.9 | 15.4 | 36.1 | down 28.7% | down 45.5% |
| Robbery | 185 | 132.4 | 30.0 | 49.4 | down 26.7% | down 26.9% |
| Aggravated assault | 325 | 232.6 | 62.2 | 238.0 | down 25.8% | down 40.2% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 4,354 | 3,116.3 | 1,146.0 | 1,534.8 | down 13.5% | down 5.3% |
| Burglary | 327 | 234.0 | 81.6 | 193.6 | down 38.0% | down 37.0% |
| Larceny-theft | 3,158 | 2,260.3 | 893.5 | 1,144.1 | down 6.1% | down 4.3% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 848 | 606.9 | 171.0 | 197.0 | down 24.9% | up 13.5% |
| Arson | 21 | Not estimated | Not estimated | See data note | See data note | |
Reported = offenses known to the New Haven Police Department and sent to the FBI. Connecticut and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | New Haven | United States | Connecticut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 631.8 | 387.0 | 168.6 |
| 2022 | 572.7 | 388.7 | 153.6 |
| 2023 | 554.8 | 379.5 | 152.4 |
| 2024 | 536.3 | 362.9 | 139.0 |
| 2025 | 399.4 | 327.6 | 109.6 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | New Haven | United States | Connecticut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,289.5 | 1,832.3 | 1,518.4 |
| 2022 | 3,125.4 | 1,973.8 | 1,507.7 |
| 2023 | 3,714.3 | 1,934.1 | 1,564.4 |
| 2024 | 3,601.6 | 1,761.1 | 1,376.0 |
| 2025 | 3,116.3 | 1,534.8 | 1,146.0 |
Is New Haven safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the New Haven Police Department reported, 399.4 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Connecticut's 109.6, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 25.5% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
New Haven police had 558 violent crimes and 4,354 property crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Per 100,000 residents covered by the New Haven Police Department, the violent rate was 399.4, which is 3.6 times the Connecticut estimate of 109.6 and 1.2 times the US rate of 327.6. The property rate of 3,116.3 was 2.7 times the state figure and 2.0 times the national figure.
Violent crime fell 25.5% from 2024 to 2025 and is down 36.8% from 2021, when it was 631.8. Property crime declined 13.5% in the last year and 5.3% since 2021. Rape fell the most of the violent offenses in both periods, 45.5% since 2021 and 28.7% since 2024.
Murder had the largest rise in that group from 2024 to 2025, 12.7%, with 16 homicides in 2025, a rate of 11.5 per 100,000 that is 2.8 times the US rate. Compared with 2021, when the murder rate was 19.9, murder is down 42.2%. Aggravated assault, which fell 40.2% from 2021, made up 58% of violent crime, and robbery was 4.4 times the state rate.
Burglary dropped 38.0% from 2024, and larceny-theft made up 73% of property crime. Arson counts for every year from 2022 to 2025 are flagged as possibly incomplete because several months were sent as zero, so arson is not compared. The department sent all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and has reported to NIBRS since 1999.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.74 per 1,000 residents (333 officers, 50 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Connecticut cities
The nearest Connecticut cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, New Haven Police Department (ORI CT0009300), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Connecticut and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- New Haven Police Department (CT0009300): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0009300_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- New Haven Police Department (CT0009300): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0009300_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- New Haven Police Department (CT0009300): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0009300_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- New Haven Police Department (CT0009300): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0009300_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- New Haven Police Department (CT0009300): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0009300_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- New Haven Police Department (CT0009300): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0009300_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- New Haven Police Department (CT0009300): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0009300_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- New Haven Police Department (CT0009300): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0009300_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- New Haven Police Department (CT0009300): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0009300_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- New Haven Police Department (CT0009300): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0009300_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- New Haven Police Department (CT0009300): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CT0009300__from-2021-to-2025.json)